PROVIDES A WRITTEN RECORD: Journaling through the creative process provides a written record of the negative and positive aspects of the process. The artist gains a broader perspective of their work. Artists’ rereading success stories, reviewing past plans to create better plans for the next project.

FRIDAY’S RESOURCE:

Creativity Coaching Index

You can look for additional articles and information about journaling and creativity coaching.

FRIDAY’S QUOTE:

“Something must happen!”

Heinrich Boll

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ENCOURAGES EMOTIONAL EXPRESSION:
When an artists’ emotions are triggered, writing in a journal providesspace to contain and diffuse strong emotions. After processing those emotions the perspective of the artist is restored, the situation becomes more clear, and life in general, returns to more balanced place.

RAISES EMOTIONAL AWARENESS:
Emotional expression increases emotional awareness in artists. Some artists become overwhelmed with their feelings, using journaling as a safe place for emotional expression. Other artists can’t access some of their emotions. Journaling through their emotions becomes a time of discovery and positive change. Restoring balance to an artist’s life is one of the best results of journaling….

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TOP FIVE REASONS TO JOURNAL
by
Lael Johnson

Keeping a journal during the coaching process is one of the most simple and effective aids a client can use. Below you will find five reasons why I encourage my clients to use a journal during their coaching time. I hope that you will be motivated to commit your creative pursuits to a journal.

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FOURTH:  Stand in front of a mirror. Repeat the affirmation ten times, while looking at yourself in the mirror. Remember to repeat this affirmation once a day for thirty days.
FIFTH: Be expectant.  Don’t scan every moment of your life looking for signs of change. Stay focused on learning your affirmations. You will keep yourself very busy building new thinking habits while you are changing internally.  Any external changes will follow your internal changes naturally.

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SECOND: Choose one action that you want to complete. Do you want to meet five referral sources during a meeting? Do you want to complete six telenetworking calls next week? I’m sure that you can think of some other actions that fit with your business. Choose an action that is a currently a challenge for you to complete.
THIRD: Write out your complete affirmation. Read your affirmation out loud. Listen to it and see if it reads like an action that you want to complete….

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HUMOR RESOURCE:

Story Spinner
This sites is full of fun and creative ideas to refresh and renew your creative minds. Enjoy~

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This week we will be reviewing an article on creating your own affirmations. I prefer to focus on affirmations and other positive statements more than resolutions. Making yearly resolutions has never really worked for me. So, enjoy the review of this article. I hope that you will discover some new and powerful affirmations that you can put to use throughout the year~

Have a creative week!!

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Creativity Punch (Not A Drink!) - 13 - 01/05/07

Personality Change: Just For Fun

1) Choose your favorite character: someone from history, a relative, a friend, a mentor or someone that you’ve always wanted to learn more about.

2) Choose both positive and negative qualities of that person and create a new persona for yourself.

3) Make sure to give your persona a name, a costume, a job or mission, etc.

4) Now write a journal entry or two, as if you were your new persona. You can write a descriptive paragraph, a dialogue, a list, a poem, etc. (Remember to stay in your persona, except when you are dialoguing with another person.)

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Creativity Punch (Not A Drink!) - 12- 1/04/07

Party of Three?

1) Plan a costume party. (small or large or long or short in duration)

2) Choose a theme for your party.

3) Create your costume or have someone created for you. (Simple or elaborate, it doesn’t matter but you need to wear some type of costume!)

4) Create at least one group activity that you can do. Follow-through on it.

5) Create at least one individual activity that you can do. Follow-through on it.

6) Celebrate, relax, have fun and enjoy the company of others.

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Creativity Punch (Not A Drink!) - 11 - 01/03/07

Sand and Pebbles

1) Fill a box with sand or smooth pebbles.

2) Hide two familiar objects in the box. (Make sure that they aren’t sharp objects.)

3) Run your hands through the box first with your eyes open.

4) Run your hands through the box second with your eyes closed.

5) Notice changes in your perception, if any.

6) Repeat the exercise, as needed.

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Creativity Punch (Not A Drink!) - 10 - 1/02/07

Time To Read

1) Find a book that you like, want, need to or never have read.

PURPOSE:
Why should you read?:

FUN: It’s fun to read (Have you seen how excited kids get when their parents read to them?)

LEARNING: It’s good to learn something new. It doesn’t matter what the topic, genre, or format.

READING TO SOMEONE ELSE: Did you like having someone read to you when you were young? Do you like reading to someone? Reading to a group? Try it some time.

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